[Idyllchat] Train travel in Tuscany

[Russell Crum]

Syliva,

As I recall, it was a bit of a hike (20 minutes?) from the Lucca  
train station into the center of the old city. We only have carry on  
bags so that wasn't too bad. I am sure there were taxis available, we  
just didn't look. We were not staying in an Untour apartment, so  
cannot speak to that.

As someone else pointed out on this thread, the Untour apartments in  
northern Tuscany are not available for 2008. No one has reported the  
reason that I have seen. I would presume it may be the lack of a  
local contact person. I see that Right Vacation Rentals does offer  
places in that area for 2008. Maybe there has been a strategy shift  
on Untours part.

Russ

Russ Crum


On Apr 16, 2008, at 16:09 , James Divita wrote:

> As Russell mentioned, it is not a problem getting to Lucca by  
> train.  The question is, how far from the train station in Pisa or  
> Lucca is the Untour apartment?  When we visit the area we need a  
> car to get to and from the station.  If you are staying in Lucca,  
> Pisa, Montecatinni or any other city through which the train  
> passes, then the need for car is minimal. I will return again as a  
> widow and will make hotel accomodations in Montecatinni or Lucca  
> and use the train.
> Sylvia Divita
>
> Russell Crum <rrcrum1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ed,
>
> You should have no problem. In 2002 we took the train from Rome to  
> Lucca (via Florence), then back to Florence then Milan. I just now  
> checked the Trenitalia web site for trains from Milan to Lucca  
> starting about 10 in the morning, which would be reasonable for a  
> flight from the US arriving in Milan. There is a train leaving  
> Milan about every hour and arriving in Lucca about 4 - 1/2 hours  
> later. You change in Florence since you are on a high speed train  
> direct Milan to Florence and a local train Florence to Lucca. When  
> we took it in 2002, the local train went on to Pisa. For some  
> reason the Trenitalia web site does not list schedules on into the  
> summer and fall. But, they don't usually change much, if at all.
>
> If you were to fly into Rome the time to Lucca is about the same (4  
> - 4-1/2 hours) with a change in Florence. I see on the schedule  
> that there is about a train an hour through the middle of the day.  
> Again the high speed train runs Rome - Florence and the local then  
> to Lucca.
>
> There is about a 20 minute connection time in Florence, which  
> should be fine. It isn't that big a train station.
>
> Go for it!!
>
> Russ Crum
>
> On Apr 15, 2008, at 20:01 , edwj wrote:
>> Margaret Peters and others.
>> After reading the lovely note of Margaret Peters about her 15 of  
>> so Idyll trips and using the train exclusively; it made us wonder  
>> what our chances are of making it to Italy once again.  Tuscany  
>> would be our choice so that we could visit my wife's relatives one  
>> more time who live near Lucca.  I really don't want to drive any  
>> more so I wonder how train travel is in and around the Untour site  
>> near Lucca. ( Northern Tuscany).  Any comments would be much  
>> appreciated.
>> Ed Jose
>> Lafayette, Ca.
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